Record Numbers Expected For Busy Summer Holiday Weekend Travel

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People across Maryland are hitting the roads in record numbers this long Fourth of July weekend.

What’s driving the surge in travel? Partly, gas prices that are at their lowest level since 2005, the national average for a gallon of regular stands at $2.24 and Maryland is even lower than that at $2.21

“Gas prices are at historic summer lows in terms of declining for the past 30 days. That is a lot of extra disposable income in people’s pockets,” says Jana Tidwell with AAA Mid-Atlantic.